We’re hardly the first to point out that the roles for ordinary-looking schmoes have all but dried up. But however you feel about it, it’s often part of an actor’s job these days to be […]
“Just another day” of wearing a hog head around the office for Chevy Chase. “Some people ask me, what’s my day like?” Chase reveals in the latest installment of his sporadic, bizarre Instagram reels. The answer […]
They say that the first cut is the deepest, but the second has to hurt even more for Chloe Troast, the rookie Saturday Night Live cast member who got the axe this week. As Troast revealed in […]
Will Ferrell was a recurring character machine during his tenure on Saturday Night Live, creating classics like Craig the Spartan Cheerleader, Neil Diamond, Roger of the Lovahs, middle school music teacher Marty Culp, Harry Caray, Alex […]
An acclaimed series can take a number of different paths on its way to decades-long institution or merciful cancellation. It’s a rare property that can maintain a high level of quality throughout its entire run, but […]
Thirty-nine seconds of cringe. That’s the only way to describe a single deleted scene from Back to the Future that thankfully found its way to the cutting room floor. In one view, the missing 40 seconds […]
Tired: The Saturday Night Live Five-Timers Club, a group of show veterans that has grown so bloated that its members barely bother to steam-clean their silk robes anymore. Wired: The Saturday Night Live One-Timers Club, a group […]
Long before Chris Pratt and Charlie Day donned their respective red and green overalls for 2023’s The Super Mario Bros. Movie, and even before Bob Hoskins and John Leguizamo crossed plungers for 1993’s Super Mario Bros., there was 1989’s The Super Mario […]
One underrated advantage of being human is you can go wherever you like. You can survive just about any spot on Earth (sometimes with the help of protective equipment). You can also reach just about […]
Don’t ask us how we know, but certain people, according to their friends and spouses, are a nightmare to watch movies with because they simply know too much about them — and insist on telling everyone. Not […]
Tim Burton is back. The famous filmmaker, artist and guy who showed the world that not owning a comb isn’t a dealbreaker for Monica Bellucci technically never left, but now he’s made a movie that people […]
Beetlejuice isn’t the most kid-friendly source material. The two main characters are a couple who tragically died in a car accident and now have to learn to cope with being dead. The titular character — […]
While fans of Rick and Morty will reportedly have to wait until 2025 for new episodes of the show, Adult Swim has been attempting to fill the lengthy gap between seasons with the bizarre new Rick and Morty: […]
It’s popular to crap on movies where “nothing” happens, that are all color and texture and symbolic significance, and that’s not fair. Sometimes, “nothing” is the best thing that can happen in a movie. But it’s […]
Truly, no one is more long-suffering than a TV fan whose series has been running for at least three or four seasons. It’s probably getting staler than last year’s candy corn, but as long as those advertising […]
Before they were TV stars and vanity restaurant moguls, South Park creators Trey Parker and Matt Stone made Cannibal! The Musical, a low-budget retelling of the story of Alfred Packer, the old-timey prospector who was convicted of cannibalism. Although really, […]
Sarah Squirm, aka Saturday Night Live’s Sarah Sherman, is making amends. Specifically, she’s using her Instagram account to reach out to all the worms she may have kidnapped, harmed or even murdered in the name of comedy. […]
Presumably because movies like Joker and Cruella proved that audiences just love villain origin stories, this week we’re getting Reagan, a brand new biopic about the 40th President of the United States starring Dennis Quaid, Penelope Ann Miller and Jon Voight. […]
Is there anything more frustrating than when a character has a flashback to a younger version of themselves that looks nothing like them? Okay, probably, but it’s a real “you had one job” situation. Sometimes, it […]
Remember that one friend of yours when you were nine, who said that they’d end up playing professional basketball? We have some bad news for you. We checked in with them, and it turns out […]